Dawn, a single, cash-method taxpayer, paid the following taxes in 2015: Dawns employer withheld $5,400 for federal

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Dawn, a single, cash-method taxpayer, paid the following taxes in 2015: Dawn’s employer withheld $5,400 for federal income taxes, $2,000 for state income taxes, and $3,800 for FICA from her 2015 paychecks. Dawn purchased a new car and paid $600 in sales tax and $70 for the license. The car’s FMV was $20,000 and it weighed 3,000 pounds. The county also assessed a property tax on the car. The tax was 2% of the car’s value and $10 per hundredweight. Dawn uses the car 100% of the time for personal purposes. Dawn sold her house on April 15, 2015. The county’s property tax on the home for 2015 is $1,850, payable on February 1, 2015. The county’s real property tax year is the calendar year. Dawn’s AGI for 2015 is $50,000 and her other itemized deductions exclusive of taxes are $4,000 (disregard any leap year).
a. What is Dawn’s deduction for taxes in 2015?
b. Where on Dawn’s tax return should she report her deduction for taxes?
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Federal Taxation 2016 Comprehensive

ISBN: 9780134104379

29th Edition

Authors: Thomas R. Pope, Timothy J. Rupert, Kenneth E. Anderson

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